Sensory, Fine Motor, and Language groups for children with disabilities

September After Party

Welcome to the After Party! Each week after the weekly blog featuring activities in the elementary department is posted, our sensory cart is parked in the media center where it is available for check out by the rest of the school. Here are photos teachers have sent of their students exploring the different sensory boxes during the month of September—–enjoy!

The first unit complimented the Unique Curriculum theme for September. We learned about People of the American Revolution.

The students had fun making buildings just like President and architect Thomas Jefferson. They used blue Floam to make their buildings.

They searched for the numbers 1776 in red, white, and blue rice.

They found letter A’s in tea like Abigail Adams might have like.

Lots of fun to sift through and a nice aroma too!

Another american revolutionary was silversmith Paul Revere.

There were also 2 different sized horses to find.

Wikki Stix were used to make glasses—

—-–Ben Franklin invented bifocals!

The students used shaving cream to re-style Georgia Washington’s hair—-or give him a beard 🙂

Then they went fishing, enjoying Patrick Henry’s favorite hobby.

Our video game unit was a BIG hit!

The students sorted green Luigi and red Mario pompoms.

They did a really great job!

Video games have lights and sounds. We recorded some video game sounds on a voice output device and then put a bunch of light producing toys in this box.

These were a real hit.

The students stamped Minecraft squares into red moonsand.

The sand is soft but can be molded easily.

Big chenille stems were joined to form rings, like those in the game Sonic the Hedgehog!

Some of our high school boys and fun just making creations with their rings—-they got pretty creative 🙂

Our box with things you might find in the game Legend of Zelda was another big hit.

There was lots to discover and explore!

From craft foam we cut out some Pac Man figures and put them in our oobleck

—-so much fun!

Next we looked at Extracurricular Activities—-the things kids do after school!

This box contained pompom shakers—-for all the cheerleading

……..and wig fans 🙂

Shaker pompoms are so much fun!

What’s not to love 🙂

Sports are always popular. The students made different sized balls out of white Floam.

The students also “fished” in our little pond.

For the music fans, we included our always popular finger drums, a tambourine, and a maraca.

This was a popular box!

Some students go to an After School program. This was represented with rice in our school colors and alphabet letters to find.

The students practiced making circles and ovals like race tracks, in shaving foam.

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Joy (Occupational Therapist), Cara (Speech Therapist) and Joi (Teacher) work with students who have significant intellectual differences. We look for ways to provide multi-sensory learning experiences to enable our students to improve their literacy, fine motor, and communication skills.